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Can a survey pick up damp in the summer?

Bexgrossman
Bexgrossman Posts: 143 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
I appear to have damp walls. I was wondering if the survey wasn’t able to pick it up due to the survey being done end of august/start of September?

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  • AdrianC
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    Look at where the damp is coming from. The cause is usually obvious - and that'll answer your question.

    Gutters? Downpipes? High earth levels? Shrubbery?
  • Bexgrossman
    Bexgrossman Posts: 143 Forumite
    It’s next to the patio doors.
  • waamo
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    Bexgrossman wrote: »
    It’s next to the patio doors.

    Is there leaky guttering next to the patio doors? Or perhaps a big tree that drips water when it rains? What's the brickwork and pointing like next to the patio doors?

    It's not the location, it's the cause that's important.
  • Davesnave
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    Or if the patio doors weren't fitted with sealant around the join with the wall, moisture might penetrate there.


    Or it could be that this outside wall is cold and the moisture in the now heated air inside the house is condensing there.


    Just 2 other possibilities.
  • FreeBear
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    Davesnave wrote: »
    Or if the patio doors weren't fitted with sealant around the join with the wall, moisture might penetrate there.

    Or the slabs forming the patio are up against the house and/or breaching the DPC.

    Photos of the damp patch inside and some wider shots of the exterior would help.
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  • Bexgrossman
    Bexgrossman Posts: 143 Forumite
    https://imgur.com/a/1qTN48r and https://imgur.com/a/RkjjWLc

    Thanks.
    It’s to the right of the doors, on the adjoining wall and also I think on the wall next to the damp wall.

    I need to confirm but builder said it’s pooling in the wall and coming in/down/something. Few cracks that need filling for sure.
  • Davesnave
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    What's been injected into the walls through the holes filled by the blanking plugs?
  • AdrianC
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    aHXhlPt.jpg
    Bingo.

    Now follow that downpipe upwards...
  • molerat
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    edited 3 November 2019 at 10:20AM
    AdrianC wrote: »
    Bingo.

    Now follow that downpipe upwards...
    That was my initial thought but .......... it is not a downpipe, it is 20mm electrical ducting going up to the light. ;)
  • AdrianC
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    molerat wrote: »
    That was my initial thought but .......... it is not a downpipe, it is 20mm electrical ducting going up to the light. ;)
    I thought it looked 'ickle.

    More tea required.
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